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Games and Windows XP

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  • 16-12-2001 1:07am
    #1
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭


    Story is I FINALLY got the new machine in!!! :D:D:D
    "Go ME!!!!"
    I wont go into specs cos noone cares but......as you can tell I have windoss XP.

    I have a problem with some o my games
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    Namely:

    1) Tony Hawks 2.
    2) GTA 2.
    3) Deus Ex.
    4) AvP.

    Am I the only one experiencing problems with these games??
    They just quit back to the desktop at their own will. GTA2 the main offender.
    AvP has done it.
    Deus Ex has locked up a number of times recently.
    THPS2 just refuses to run under XP.

    Should I be looking for patches or is this a problem I can't sort??
    It could be a graphics prob.
    64Mb GeForce 2 MX???

    Any help is much appreciated cos I'm pissed off!


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    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    There may be a compatibilty setting like there was in win2k which might help. You needed to register it on win2k as follows :

    C:\WINNT\system32\regsvr32.exe %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll

    and then make a shortcut, there should be a extra tab which sets the compatablity for you. worked for some games that had issues with win2k.


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    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    Yer, the Compatibility tab is enabled by default in XP.

    I can play Deus Ex under XP without any problems though, are you sure you have the right drivers for vid card, sound card, etc etc?


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Tis aite now lads.
    The compatibility tag sorted it all out! Had I to look abit I would have coped it!
    Cheers any way.


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    marauder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭marauder


    Nice tip on Win2k - you may have sorted out my PSP3.0 problem...
    Cheers :)


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    Pugsley
    Registered Users Posts: 7,136 ✭✭✭Pugsley


    Originally posted by Kaimera
    I have a problem with some o my games
    >
    Namely:
    1) Tony Hawks 2.
    2) GTA 2.
    3) Deus Ex.
    4) AvP.

    I had problems with that game under ME and 98,i always just put it as a bug in the game and played on.
    Every half hour or so,it locked up and crashed my computer.Still didnt stop me playing it for 3days solid though,because that game utterly rocks :D


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    I know!
    Deus Ex is the only game that had me still playing @ 3.30 in the morning!
    Till RTCW.......


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    _CreeD_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,145 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    Originally posted by Pugsley


    I had problems with that game under ME and 98,i always just put it as a bug in the game and played on.
    Every half hour or so,it locked up and crashed my computer.Still didnt stop me playing it for 3days solid though,because that game utterly rocks :D

    Twas patched out early on. Get the full version not the quick d3d patch.


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